Science of Sourcing

I had it all planned out. An extended September weekend backpacking with my oldest son (our first trip together) along with a couple of neighbors – It was going to be great. Skyline-to-the-Sea is a great Bay Area trail with ...

Conventional wisdom might say that the recent departure of Marc Jacobs from Louis Vuitton is terrible news for the company. But if you look a little more closely at the fashion industry you’ll find that turning over your ...

One jerk can ruin an entire office. That’s why our very first rule when we started our company was a strict “No Jerks” policy. But it doesn’t stop there: It is equally important to avoid hiring someone who might be a ...

Our myopic focus on satisfying short-term needs and desires is killing us – both individuals and organizations. We simply are not good at understanding the beauty of delayed gratification, hard work, patience, and smart risk ...

As a guy working in a small HR shop, I am subscribed to multiple forums, blogs, and websites. I like having a lot of information at my fingertips, and recently I ran across a great question I thought would be worth sharing.
I would also be ...

Employment Branding is the craft of being so completely organized that you are ready with the right message for the right person when she comes along. Let’s take that a bit further.
A brand is a relationship.
Brands only matter to the ...

In a global survey of Chief Human Resource Officers completed by IBM in 2010, leaders specified that 50% planned on employing contingent labor to fulfill labor models. 53% of leaders stated they would hire more part time labor and 56% would seek to boost outsourcing options to the firm. As the market continues to grow more global and interconnected, this talent landscape will more than likely be the norm as firms work to remain as lean and agile as possible.

As a business grows, there will be situations when talent acquisition activities need to adapt to changing supply and demand. What are the options? Hire more recruiters? Use a retained or contingency agency? Or find a project-based recruiting solution?

With so many people drinking from the Twitter fire hose, it's no wonder that some people have suggested that it can replace the soon-to-be defunct Google Reader. But that vision is based on the mistaken idea that Twitter, at its ...